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//! A procedural macro attribute for instrumenting functions with [`tracing`].
//!
//! [`tracing`] is a framework for instrumenting Rust programs to collect
//! structured, event-based diagnostic information. This crate provides the
//! [`#[instrument]`][instrument] procedural macro attribute.
//!
//! Note that this macro is also re-exported by the main `tracing` crate.
//!
//! *Compiler support: [requires `rustc` 1.49+][msrv]*
//!
//! [msrv]: #supported-rust-versions
//!
//! ## Usage
//!
//! First, add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
//!
//! ```toml
//! [dependencies]
//! tracing-attributes = "0.1.23"
//! ```
//!
//! The [`#[instrument]`][instrument] attribute can now be added to a function
//! to automatically create and enter `tracing` [span] when that function is
//! called. For example:
//!
//! ```
//! use tracing_attributes::instrument;
//!
//! #[instrument]
//! pub fn my_function(my_arg: usize) {
//!     // ...
//! }
//!
//! # fn main() {}
//! ```
//!
//! [`tracing`]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing
//! [span]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/span/index.html
//! [instrument]: macro@self::instrument
//!
//! ## Supported Rust Versions
//!
//! Tracing is built against the latest stable release. The minimum supported
//! version is 1.49. The current Tracing version is not guaranteed to build on
//! Rust versions earlier than the minimum supported version.
//!
//! Tracing follows the same compiler support policies as the rest of the Tokio
//! project. The current stable Rust compiler and the three most recent minor
//! versions before it will always be supported. For example, if the current
//! stable compiler version is 1.45, the minimum supported version will not be
//! increased past 1.42, three minor versions prior. Increasing the minimum
//! supported compiler version is not considered a semver breaking change as
//! long as doing so complies with this policy.
//!
#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-attributes/0.1.23")]
#![doc(
    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tokio-rs/tracing/master/assets/logo-type.png",
    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/"
)]
#![cfg_attr(docsrs, deny(rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links))]
#![warn(
    missing_debug_implementations,
    missing_docs,
    rust_2018_idioms,
    unreachable_pub,
    bad_style,
    const_err,
    dead_code,
    improper_ctypes,
    non_shorthand_field_patterns,
    no_mangle_generic_items,
    overflowing_literals,
    path_statements,
    patterns_in_fns_without_body,
    private_in_public,
    unconditional_recursion,
    unused_allocation,
    unused_comparisons,
    unused_parens,
    while_true
)]
// TODO: once `tracing` bumps its MSRV to 1.42, remove this allow.
#![allow(unused)]
extern crate proc_macro;

use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
use quote::ToTokens;
use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
use syn::{Attribute, ItemFn, Signature, Visibility};

mod attr;
mod expand;
/// Instruments a function to create and enter a `tracing` [span] every time
/// the function is called.
///
/// Unless overriden, a span with the [`INFO`] [level] will be generated.
/// The generated span's name will be the name of the function.
/// By default, all arguments to the function are included as fields on the
/// span. Arguments that are `tracing` [primitive types] implementing the
/// [`Value` trait] will be recorded as fields of that type. Types which do
/// not implement `Value` will be recorded using [`std::fmt::Debug`].
///
/// [primitive types]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/field/trait.Value.html#foreign-impls
/// [`Value` trait]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/field/trait.Value.html.
///
/// # Overriding Span Attributes
///
/// To change the [name] of the generated span, add a `name` argument to the
/// `#[instrument]` macro, followed by an equals sign and a string literal. For
/// example:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
///
/// // The generated span's name will be "my_span" rather than "my_function".
/// #[instrument(name = "my_span")]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ... do something incredibly interesting and important ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// To override the [target] of the generated span, add a `target` argument to
/// the `#[instrument]` macro, followed by an equals sign and a string literal
/// for the new target. The [module path] is still recorded separately. For
/// example:
///
/// ```
/// pub mod my_module {
///     # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
///     // The generated span's target will be "my_crate::some_special_target",
///     // rather than "my_crate::my_module".
///     #[instrument(target = "my_crate::some_special_target")]
///     pub fn my_function() {
///         // ... all kinds of neat code in here ...
///     }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Finally, to override the [level] of the generated span, add a `level`
/// argument, followed by an equals sign and a string literal with the name of
/// the desired level. Level names are not case sensitive. For example:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// // The span's level will be TRACE rather than INFO.
/// #[instrument(level = "trace")]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ... I have written a truly marvelous implementation of this function,
///     // which this example is too narrow to contain ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// # Skipping Fields
///
/// To skip recording one or more arguments to a function or method, pass
/// the argument's name inside the `skip()` argument on the `#[instrument]`
/// macro. This can be used when an argument to an instrumented function does
/// not implement [`fmt::Debug`], or to exclude an argument with a verbose or
/// costly `Debug` implementation. Note that:
///
/// - multiple argument names can be passed to `skip`.
/// - arguments passed to `skip` do _not_ need to implement `fmt::Debug`.
///
/// You can also use `skip_all` to skip all arguments.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// # use std::collections::HashMap;
/// // This type doesn't implement `fmt::Debug`!
/// struct NonDebug;
///
/// // `arg` will be recorded, while `non_debug` will not.
/// #[instrument(skip(non_debug))]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize, non_debug: NonDebug) {
///     // ...
/// }
///
/// // These arguments are huge
/// #[instrument(skip_all)]
/// fn my_big_data_function(large: Vec<u8>, also_large: HashMap<String, String>) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Skipping the `self` parameter:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// struct MyType {
///    data: Vec<u8>, // Suppose this buffer is often quite long...
/// }
///
/// impl MyType {
///     // Suppose we don't want to print an entire kilobyte of `data`
///     // every time this is called...
///     #[instrument(skip(self))]
///     pub fn my_method(&mut self, an_interesting_argument: usize) {
///          // ... do something (hopefully, using all that `data`!)
///     }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// # Adding Fields
///
/// Additional fields (key-value pairs with arbitrary data) may be added to the
/// generated span using the `fields` argument on the `#[instrument]` macro. Any
/// Rust expression can be used as a field value in this manner. These
/// expressions will be evaluated at the beginning of the function's body, so
/// arguments to the function may be used in these expressions. Field names may
/// also be specified *without* values. Doing so will result in an [empty field]
/// whose value may be recorded later within the function body.
///
/// This supports the same [field syntax] as the `span!` and `event!` macros.
///
/// Note that overlap between the names of fields and (non-skipped) arguments
/// will result in a compile error.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// Adding a new field based on the value of an argument:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
///
/// // This will record a field named "i" with the value of `i` *and* a field
/// // named "next" with the value of `i` + 1.
/// #[instrument(fields(next = i + 1))]
/// pub fn my_function(i: usize) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Recording specific properties of a struct as their own fields:
///
/// ```
/// # mod http {
/// #   pub struct Error;
/// #   pub struct Response<B> { pub(super) _b: std::marker::PhantomData<B> }
/// #   pub struct Request<B> { _b: B }
/// #   impl<B> std::fmt::Debug for Request<B> {
/// #       fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
/// #           f.pad("request")
/// #       }
/// #   }
/// #   impl<B> Request<B> {
/// #       pub fn uri(&self) -> &str { "fake" }
/// #       pub fn method(&self) -> &str { "GET" }
/// #   }
/// # }
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
///
/// // This will record the request's URI and HTTP method as their own separate
/// // fields.
/// #[instrument(fields(http.uri = req.uri(), http.method = req.method()))]
/// pub fn handle_request<B>(req: http::Request<B>) -> http::Response<B> {
///     // ... handle the request ...
///     # http::Response { _b: std::marker::PhantomData }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// This can be used in conjunction with `skip` or `skip_all` to record only
/// some fields of a struct:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// // Remember the struct with the very large `data` field from the earlier
/// // example? Now it also has a `name`, which we might want to include in
/// // our span.
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// struct MyType {
///    name: &'static str,
///    data: Vec<u8>,
/// }
///
/// impl MyType {
///     // This will skip the `data` field, but will include `self.name`,
///     // formatted using `fmt::Display`.
///     #[instrument(skip(self), fields(self.name = %self.name))]
///     pub fn my_method(&mut self, an_interesting_argument: usize) {
///          // ... do something (hopefully, using all that `data`!)
///     }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Adding an empty field to be recorded later:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
///
/// // This function does a very interesting and important mathematical calculation.
/// // Suppose we want to record both the inputs to the calculation *and* its result...
/// #[instrument(fields(result))]
/// pub fn do_calculation(input_1: usize, input_2: usize) -> usize {
///     // Rerform the calculation.
///     let result = input_1 + input_2;
///
///     // Record the result as part of the current span.
///     tracing::Span::current().record("result", &result);
///
///     // Now, the result will also be included on this event!
///     tracing::info!("calculation complete!");
///
///     // ... etc ...
///     # 0
/// }
/// ```
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Instrumenting a function:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument]
/// pub fn my_function(my_arg: usize) {
///     // This event will be recorded inside a span named `my_function` with the
///     // field `my_arg`.
///     tracing::info!("inside my_function!");
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// Setting the level for the generated span:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(level = "debug")]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// Overriding the generated span's name:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(name = "my_name")]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// Overriding the generated span's target:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(target = "my_target")]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// Overriding the generated span's parent:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(parent = None)]
/// pub fn my_function() {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// // A struct which owns a span handle.
/// struct MyStruct
/// {
///     span: tracing::Span
/// }
///
/// impl MyStruct
/// {
///     // Use the struct's `span` field as the parent span
///     #[instrument(parent = &self.span, skip(self))]
///     fn my_method(&self) {}
/// }
/// ```
/// Specifying [`follows_from`] relationships:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(follows_from = causes)]
/// pub fn my_function(causes: &[tracing::Id]) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
/// Any expression of type `impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<Option<Id>>>`
/// may be provided to `follows_from`; e.g.:
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(follows_from = [cause])]
/// pub fn my_function(cause: &tracing::span::EnteredSpan) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
///
///
/// To skip recording an argument, pass the argument's name to the `skip`:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// struct NonDebug;
///
/// #[instrument(skip(non_debug))]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize, non_debug: NonDebug) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// To add an additional context to the span, pass key-value pairs to `fields`:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(fields(foo="bar", id=1, show=true))]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize) {
///     // ...
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Adding the `ret` argument to `#[instrument]` will emit an event with the function's
/// return value when the function returns:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(ret)]
/// fn my_function() -> i32 {
///     42
/// }
/// ```
/// The return value event will have the same level as the span generated by `#[instrument]`.
/// By default, this will be [`INFO`], but if the level is overridden, the event will be at the same
/// level.
///
/// **Note**:  if the function returns a `Result<T, E>`, `ret` will record returned values if and
/// only if the function returns [`Result::Ok`].
///
/// By default, returned values will be recorded using their [`std::fmt::Debug`] implementations.
/// If a returned value implements [`std::fmt::Display`], it can be recorded using its `Display`
/// implementation instead, by writing `ret(Display)`:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(ret(Display))]
/// fn my_function() -> i32 {
///     42
/// }
/// ```
///
/// If the function returns a `Result<T, E>` and `E` implements `std::fmt::Display`, you can add
/// `err` or `err(Display)` to emit error events when the function returns `Err`:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(err)]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
///     Ok(())
/// }
/// ```
///
/// By default, error values will be recorded using their `std::fmt::Display` implementations.
/// If an error implements `std::fmt::Debug`, it can be recorded using its `Debug` implementation
/// instead, by writing `err(Debug)`:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(err(Debug))]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
///     Ok(())
/// }
/// ```
///
/// If a `target` is specified, both the `ret` and `err` arguments will emit outputs to
/// the declared target (or the default channel if `target` is not specified).
///
/// The `ret` and `err` arguments can be combined in order to record an event if a
/// function returns [`Result::Ok`] or [`Result::Err`]:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument(err, ret)]
/// fn my_function(arg: usize) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
///     Ok(())
/// }
/// ```
///
/// `async fn`s may also be instrumented:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing_attributes::instrument;
/// #[instrument]
/// pub async fn my_function() -> Result<(), ()> {
///     // ...
///     # Ok(())
/// }
/// ```
///
/// It also works with [async-trait](https://crates.io/crates/async-trait)
/// (a crate that allows defining async functions in traits,
/// something not currently possible in Rust),
/// and hopefully most libraries that exhibit similar behaviors:
///
/// ```
/// # use tracing::instrument;
/// use async_trait::async_trait;
///
/// #[async_trait]
/// pub trait Foo {
///     async fn foo(&self, arg: usize);
/// }
///
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// struct FooImpl(usize);
///
/// #[async_trait]
/// impl Foo for FooImpl {
///     #[instrument(fields(value = self.0, tmp = std::any::type_name::<Self>()))]
///     async fn foo(&self, arg: usize) {}
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Note than on `async-trait` <= 0.1.43, references to the `Self`
/// type inside the `fields` argument were only allowed when the instrumented
/// function is a method (i.e., the function receives `self` as an argument).
/// For example, this *used to not work* because the instrument function
/// didn't receive `self`:
/// ```
/// # use tracing::instrument;
/// use async_trait::async_trait;
///
/// #[async_trait]
/// pub trait Bar {
///     async fn bar();
/// }
///
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// struct BarImpl(usize);
///
/// #[async_trait]
/// impl Bar for BarImpl {
///     #[instrument(fields(tmp = std::any::type_name::<Self>()))]
///     async fn bar() {}
/// }
/// ```
/// Instead, you should manually rewrite any `Self` types as the type for
/// which you implement the trait: `#[instrument(fields(tmp = std::any::type_name::<Bar>()))]`
/// (or maybe you can just bump `async-trait`).
///
/// [span]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/span/index.html
/// [name]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Metadata.html#method.name
/// [target]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Metadata.html#method.target
/// [level]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Level.html
/// [module path]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Metadata.html#method.module_path
/// [`INFO`]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Level.html#associatedconstant.INFO
/// [empty field]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/field/struct.Empty.html
/// [field syntax]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/#recording-fields
/// [`follows_from`]: https://docs.rs/tracing/latest/tracing/struct.Span.html#method.follows_from
/// [`tracing`]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing
/// [`fmt::Debug`]: std::fmt::Debug
#[proc_macro_attribute]
pub fn instrument(
    args: proc_macro::TokenStream,
    item: proc_macro::TokenStream,
) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
    let args = syn::parse_macro_input!(args as attr::InstrumentArgs);
    // Cloning a `TokenStream` is cheap since it's reference counted internally.
    instrument_precise(args.clone(), item.clone())
        .unwrap_or_else(|_err| instrument_speculative(args, item))
}

/// Instrument the function, without parsing the function body (instead using the raw tokens).
fn instrument_speculative(
    args: attr::InstrumentArgs,
    item: proc_macro::TokenStream,
) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
    let input = syn::parse_macro_input!(item as MaybeItemFn);
    let instrumented_function_name = input.sig.ident.to_string();
    expand::gen_function(
        input.as_ref(),
        args,
        instrumented_function_name.as_str(),
        None,
    )
    .into()
}

/// Instrument the function, by fully parsing the function body,
/// which allows us to rewrite some statements related to async-like patterns.
fn instrument_precise(
    args: attr::InstrumentArgs,
    item: proc_macro::TokenStream,
) -> Result<proc_macro::TokenStream, syn::Error> {
    let input = syn::parse::<ItemFn>(item)?;
    let instrumented_function_name = input.sig.ident.to_string();

    // check for async_trait-like patterns in the block, and instrument
    // the future instead of the wrapper
    if let Some(async_like) = expand::AsyncInfo::from_fn(&input) {
        return async_like.gen_async(args, instrumented_function_name.as_str());
    }

    let input = MaybeItemFn::from(input);

    Ok(expand::gen_function(
        input.as_ref(),
        args,
        instrumented_function_name.as_str(),
        None,
    )
    .into())
}

/// This is a more flexible/imprecise `ItemFn` type,
/// which's block is just a `TokenStream` (it may contain invalid code).
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct MaybeItemFn {
    outer_attrs: Vec<Attribute>,
    inner_attrs: Vec<Attribute>,
    vis: Visibility,
    sig: Signature,
    block: TokenStream,
}

impl MaybeItemFn {
    fn as_ref(&self) -> MaybeItemFnRef<'_, TokenStream> {
        MaybeItemFnRef {
            outer_attrs: &self.outer_attrs,
            inner_attrs: &self.inner_attrs,
            vis: &self.vis,
            sig: &self.sig,
            block: &self.block,
        }
    }
}

/// This parses a `TokenStream` into a `MaybeItemFn`
/// (just like `ItemFn`, but skips parsing the body).
impl Parse for MaybeItemFn {
    fn parse(input: ParseStream<'_>) -> syn::Result<Self> {
        let outer_attrs = input.call(Attribute::parse_outer)?;
        let vis: Visibility = input.parse()?;
        let sig: Signature = input.parse()?;
        let inner_attrs = input.call(Attribute::parse_inner)?;
        let block: TokenStream = input.parse()?;
        Ok(Self {
            outer_attrs,
            inner_attrs,
            vis,
            sig,
            block,
        })
    }
}

impl From<ItemFn> for MaybeItemFn {
    fn from(
        ItemFn {
            attrs,
            vis,
            sig,
            block,
        }: ItemFn,
    ) -> Self {
        let (outer_attrs, inner_attrs) = attrs
            .into_iter()
            .partition(|attr| attr.style == syn::AttrStyle::Outer);
        Self {
            outer_attrs,
            inner_attrs,
            vis,
            sig,
            block: block.to_token_stream(),
        }
    }
}

/// A generic reference type for `MaybeItemFn`,
/// that takes a generic block type `B` that implements `ToTokens` (eg. `TokenStream`, `Block`).
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct MaybeItemFnRef<'a, B: ToTokens> {
    outer_attrs: &'a Vec<Attribute>,
    inner_attrs: &'a Vec<Attribute>,
    vis: &'a Visibility,
    sig: &'a Signature,
    block: &'a B,
}